Can you Help the

Monarch

Butterfly?

The beautiful orange and black Monarch butterfly is in trouble.

Each fall this migrating butterfly flies south, where it winters in Mexico. In the Spring, it mates then continues the life cycle with it's flight North where it lays its
eggs and its off-spring spend the Summer.

During its lifetime, Monarchs feed only on plants of the Milkweed family. These plants are disappearing, due to shrinking habitat and herbicide overuse. This loss of vital plant food has placed the Monarch butterfly in danger. You can help this beautiful butterfly by planting milkweed varieties.

You can help our Monarch Friends by developing a Monarch Waystation.

Make a refuge for Monarchs during their migration in the Spring and fall, and a place of beauty for yourself. This project is perfect for your home, a schoolyard, church, roadside, public space, just about anywhere!

Visit: www.monarchwatch.org
and Click on
"Waystation Program"

The Taylor Garden Club's goal is to register 20 Monarch Waystations by June 2009. Let us help you make your yard one of those twenty.

Contact us for more information, assistance or to volunteer.

Together we can:

Make Downriver a Butterfly Friendly Zone!

Member Michigan Garden Clubs Inc. ~ Club 392
National Garden Clubs Inc.

The Taylor Garden Club is a non-profit group dedicated to education and community service. Proceeds raised are used for programs such as Youth Garden Clubs, Greenwald House and Perennial Bed plantings at Heritage Park, and the "Butterfly Friendly Zone" project.

Create a
"Butterfly Friendly Zone"

Butterflies are beautiful flying insects whose lifecycle depends on many types of plants, trees and shrubs. These "flying flowers" are in a general decline, through loss of native habitat, herbicide and pesticide overuse. The Taylor Garden Club is leading the
"Make Downriver a Butterfly Friendly Zone"
project, encouraging everyone to follow some simple guidelines that will attract butterflies to make your home, their home!

Delightful Dozen
Plants for Successful Butterfly Gardens:Wayne County, MI

Where Butterflies Feed Nectar Plants
Butterfly Bush	Swamp Milkweed	Butterfly Milkweed
Purple Coneflower	Zinnia	Joe-Pye-Weed
Aster	Mexican Sunflower	Lantana
Blazingstar	Tall Verbena	Wild Bergamot

Where Butterflies Lay Eggs & Caterpillar Feed Host Plants
Clover	Swamp Milkweed	Butterfly Milkweed
Dill, Fennel & Parsley	Pearly Everlasting	Rue
Spicebush Shrub	Turtlehead	Tulip Tree
Violet	Willow Tree	Hop Vine

Butterfly Gardens Guidelines

Plant in sunny place sheltered from the wind.

Plant groups of colorful nectar flowers that they prefer.

Plant for diversity in height, color and blooming times.

Include larval host plants for them to lay eggs on and for the
caterpillars to feed on.

Avoid the use of pesticides. Handpick or use water sprays to
remove unwanted pests.

Rocks of stepping stones can be used as sunning spots for
these cool blooded creatures.

Provide a puddle in a sunny spot for "puddling." They need to
sip salts and minerals from damp sand or soil.

Provide some shelter. Butterflies rest in tree and shrub foliage
       on rainy or windy days. Leaving some leaf litter, a brush pile,
       or a small stack of wood or branches gives shelter to a variety
       of butterflies which winter here in Michigan.

Butterfly Friendly Zone

               Chair: Mary Krzeczkowski
                         (krz80@provide.net~ 313-292-9207)

Project Partners:
                        City of Taylor's
                               -Parks and Recreation Department
                               -Beautification Commission
                               -Heritage Park Petting Farm
                        Taylor Conservatory Foundation
                        District 1 of Michigan Garden Clubs
                        Southeast Michigan Butterfly Assoc.

Review or purchase the book,
"Learn About Butterflies in the Garden"
by Brenda Dziedzic

Create a "Butterfly Friendly Zone"

Create a
"Butterfly Friendly Zone"